Chocolate Edition

It was already several Christmases ago when Leevi got the Monopoly: Chocolate Edition. It's an edible version of the classic game made out of chocolate. Today we finally played/ate it, Emma won/ate the most.


Charles B. Darrow, was a sales rep for a engineering firm, when the stock market crash of 1929 took place. Like thousands of Americans, he lost his job, and could only keep food on the table by doing small mechanical work for people, like fixing irons, and other small items. He even walked dogs, and began Making Jigsaw Puzzles, and other game inventions in his spare time. None of which ever made it anywhere. However in 1934, his wife and him were expecting there second child, so he needed to do something to increase the income of the family.

He began drawing squares on a piece of tile, and adding colors to those squares with what ever paint he could find at the local hardware store. He then decided that he would let the players of this game be able to buy these streets, and own them. And in a sense own part of Atlantic City. He eventually came up with the game we all know as Monopoly®.

An estimated 500 million people have played Monopoly® since 1935, and an estimated 200 million sets have been sold world wide. Monopoly® is licensed in 80 countries and published in 26 different languages. Official Recognized Monopoly Marathon Records:

Longest Game Ever Played---1,680 hours (70 days)
In a treehouse---240 hours (10 days)
In a moving elevator---384 hours (16 days)
Underground---100 hours (4 days 4 hours)
In a bathtub---99 hours (4 days 3 hours)
On a balance beam---200 hours (8 days 8 hours)
Underwater---1,200 hours (50 days)
On the back of a fire truck---101 hours (4 days 5 hours)
Anti-gravitational game---36 hours
Largest outdoor game---938 x 765 feet
Largest indoor game---122 x 122 feet
Smallest game---1 square inch. for 30 hrs.


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